Method of ornamenting brick.



B. W. BALLOU.

METHOD OF ORNAMENTING BRICK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY26|1915- Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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APPLICATION FILED MAYZB, I915.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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B. W. BALLOU.

METHOD OF ORNAMENTING BRICK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1915.

1,179,601 Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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manner '1? onnanenrme BRICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed May 26, 1915. 'SerialNo. 30,653.

To all whom itm'ay concern Be it known that I, BYRD W. BALLoU, a

citizen of the limited States, residing at ribbon when green or wet, butwhen the artioles thusproduced are built into a wall, the wall has theappearance of being waterstreaked. This disfiguration of the wall isincidental to the severe vertical transverse lines of the designsproduced, and the vari ous methods employed.

It is an object of this invention to produce a method which treats thegreen brick ribbon by oneoperationto produce upon the subsequentlyexposed faces of the brick cut therefrom an ornamental design impartinga rough appearance to the brick and to the completed wall without thesevere vertical or horizontal lines of prior ornamented "brick, and toprovide amethod for ornamenting brick in which the design may be variedgThe method forming the present invention is carried out by the machineof the novel construction hereinafter set forth, and

l which is made subject matter of a companionap'plication filed ofevendate herewith, the same being disclosed a in theaccompanyingdr-awings wherein i p Figure his a side elevation of thebrick ornamenting machine of this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 1-,taken through the brick ribbon forwardly of thejornamenting device andlooking toward the same. Fig. 4c is a detail enlarged bottom plan viewof the upper surface ornamenting or marking mechanism. Fig; 5 is adetail perspective view of the finished article produced by the methodof this invention. Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on the line 66of Fig. 1, through the side or edge marking mechanism. Fig. 7

engagement with the brick ribbon.

is a "detail enlarged fragmentary view of the marking pinsgan d guidetherefor applied to the upper surface of the brick ribbon.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 10 designates a brick ribbonsupport, shown in the present instance in the form of a conveyer orendless belt which, as usual, is adapted-to support and carry the brickribbon 11 from the die "or former, not shown. The endless belt orconveyer 10 is disclosedas supported at one end upon a pulley 12 mountedon a shaft 13, the latter provided upon its end with a sprocket wheel 14for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. A substantially U-shapedframe 15, open at its lower end, is supported above the brick ribbon :11upon suitable braces 16 In the op-, posite-ends of the frame 15 aresupporting wheels 17 carried upon vertical shafts 18 and 19. The wheels:17 support an endless carrier 20; adapted to move in an endless pathabove the brick ribbon 11. The frame 15 carries upon its upper side ahorizontal shaft 21 connected to the shaft 18 by bevel gears 22 andhaving upon its end a sprocket wheel 23 which is connected to thesprocket wheel lfl: of the 'conveyer mechanism by means ofa chain 24:. IThe object of this arrangement is t9 drive the-endless carrier 20simultaneous with and at the desired proportionate speed relative to theendless cone r 0.,

M'o-unted upon the carrier 20 is a plurality vertically-movabledownwardly projectingpins 25. The pins 25 are normally held up out ofcontact with the upper ,face of the brick ribbon 11 bymeans of springs26, each spring 26 surrei'mding its pin 25 and being held between thehead of the pin and the upper edge of the carrier 20-. I

The frame 15 is provided in its upper end with a pin adjusting plate 27supported upon set screws 28 passing through the frame 15 The plate 27receives the inner ends of the pins 25 and has upon its lower face nearits forward and rear edges guides or cams which lie in the path 'oftheheads of the pins 25 to. depress the pins and hold the same downduring their passage across the upper face of the brick ribbon 11. Itwill be noted from Figs?) and 7 that the .cams or guides 29 are soplaced that the pins 25 moving toward the edge ofthe brick ribbon aredepressed prior to their The pins are held down in engagement with thebrick ribbon until they reach a point near the opposite edge of thebrick'ribbon' when they are abruptlyreleased out'of contact with theribbon toprevent the breaking away or crumbling of the edge of theribbon by the pins as they are drawn laterally out of contact therewith.

The frame 15 is provided preferably upon one end with a yoke 30 in whichare journaled the opposite ends of the shaft. 19. A set screw 31 iscarriedby the yoke 30, and engages theend of the frame 15 to adjust theyoke longitudinally upon the end ofv the frame 15 and draw the shaft 19through the slots '32 inthe frame toadjust thetension of theendless-carrier 20. I

It is desired notonly to ornament that portion of the brick ribbon whichsubsequently becomes the outer faces ofthe brick,

but also the sides or edges of the brick ribbon which later become theopposite ends of the brick and which are disclosed to view in'theconstruction of walls and the like. ,To ornament the edges of the brickribbon a substantially hollow rectangular frame 33 is arranged inadvance of the upper surface ornamenting mechanism above described, andsurrounds the brick ribbon 11, as'shown to advantage in Fig. 6. In thisframe 33 there are arranged a pair of vertically disposed andspaced-apart endless carriers 34, each'having inwardly extending pins 35adapted to engage the opposite edges of the brick ribbon 1 1 and rbeing'normally urged away from the brick ribbon by springs 36. Thesprings 36 surround the inner ends of the 'pinsand are held between theouter faces of the endless conveyers 34 and the heads of the pins.

Adjusting plates 37 are also arranged within the frame 33 to receivethereagalnst l the heads of the pins 35. Set screws 38 v support theplates 37 and serve to advance or retard the same, toward the oppositesides or edges of the brick ribbon to. vary the depth ofmarking by thepins 35. ,The

, pins v35 are brought into engagement with v the opposite sides of thebrickribbon 11 by the cams .39 which are of substantially. the sameformation and operate inthe same manner as do the cams 27 hereinabovere- The lower ends of the endless posite ends in a yoke 44. The yoke 44is supported upon set screws 45 engaging, the

frame 33 to raise or lower'the' yoke and thus vary the tension of theendless carriers 'cutterstransversely across the face of the 34. Thelateral marking mechanism thus described is driven or actuated by achain 46 which passes over a sprocket 47 fixed preferably upon anintermediate portion of the shaft 43, and which also passes over aspr0cket 48 fixed to the transverse shaft 21 of the upper surfacemarking mechanism. l/Vith this arrangement'it ;is thus seen that the topand lateral'marking mechanisms are simultaneously operated, and thatthis operation is proportionate to the operation of the carrier or tableupon which the brick ribbon is supported.

As thepins 25 and 35 aremounted on endless carriers 20 and 34respectively, the

pins 25 aremoved across the surface ofthe brick ribbonv first in onedirection and then in an opposite direction. As the brick rib-.

Icon 11 ismoved continuously forward during this back andforth travel ofthe pins,

I the pinsfirst striking the brick ribbon cut into the surface diagonallines extending in one direction and subsequently-these-'lines areintersected by the oppositely extending diagonal lines of the pins whentheyare drawn across the'brick ribbon in'the opposite direction. Thesepins not only mark lines in the surface of the brick ribbon but alsoroughen or disturb the surfacej'so as to impart a rugged appearance'tothe ornamented surface, and produce a' somewhat indistinct design ofdiamond-shape, dependent upon the'proportionate speeds of the brickribbon and the marking pins.

It is, of course, understood that'various other machines ormodifications of the above described mechanism maybe employed forcarrying out the method of this'invention as will be understoodWithinthe scope of the followingclaims. I' I What I claim is f 1. Themethod of ornamenting brick which consists in moving a brick'ribbon, andsimultaneously operatinga marking de: vice across the face of the brickribbon in a direction at-right'angles to the direction of travel of thesame.

versely across the face of the brick ribbon simultaneously with thelongitudinal move- "ment; thereof.

3a The method of ornamenting brick which "consists in advacing abrickribbon and passing spaced-apartmcuttersv transversely across the face ofthe'bri'ck-ribbon simultaneously with the advancing thereof, whereby toform a plurality of parallel obliquelines in the face of the brickribbon;

4. The met od of ornamenting. brick which consists in moving ajobrickribbon longitudinally, and operating spaced-apart brick ribbonsimultaneously 'with the longitudinal movement thereof, whereby to formoblique parallel lines in the face to be ornamented.

5. The method of ornamenting brick which consists in simultaneouslyadvancing a brick ribbon, and operating a marking device across the faceof the brick ribbon transversely to the direction of travel of the brickribbon and simultaneously with the movement thereof. 6. The method ofornamenting brick which consists in advancing a brick ribbon, andsimultaneously moving a cutter across the face of the moving brickribbon at a speed relative thereto, whereby to cut oblique lines at thedesired angle in the face to be ornamented.

7. The method of ornamenting brick which consists in advancing a brickribbon, and operating a marking device across the face of the brickribbon transversely to the direction of movement of the brick ribbon andat a relative speed thereto, whereby to form oblique designs at thedesired angle in the face to be ornamented.

' 8. The method of ornamenting brick which consists in advancing a brickribbon, and operating a marking device across the face of the brickribbon in opposite directions transversely to the direction of movementof the brick ribbon, whereby to form oblique crossed lines in the faceto be ornamented.

9. The method of ornamenting brick which consists in advancing a brickribbon, and operating a marking device across the face of the brickribbon in opposite directions transversely to the direction of movementof the brick ribbon and at the desired relative speed thereto, wherebyto form designs of the desired shape in the face to be ornamented.

10. The method of ornamenting brick which consists in advancing a brickribbon and operating marking devices against the upper face and edges ofthe brick ribbon to form designs therein and at a speed proportionate tothe advancement of the brick ribbon, whereby to vary the shape of thedesigns.

11. The method of ornamenting brick which consists in advancing a brickribbon and operating marking devices across the top and edges of thebrick ribbon in opposite directions transversely to the direction ofmovement of the brick ribbon and at the desired speed relative theretowhereby to form crossed designs of the desired configuration in the topand edges of the brick ribbon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

BYRD w. BALLOU.

Witnesses MARIE LEMON, J. F. DWYER.

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